The blasts were the first significant violence in the northern city, Syria's largest.

State TV blamed "terrorists" in the blasts, touting the regime line that armed groups looking to destabilize Syria are behind the uprising. Anti-Assad activists accused the regime of setting off the blasts to discredit the opposition and to avert protests that had been planned in the city on Friday. Read the full story.

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Security forces and onlookers at the scene of a blast in Aleppo on Feb. 10, 2012.